OAKLEY RURAL DAY CARE CENTRE

Registered charity 1060283 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OAKLEY DAY CENTRE, OAKLEY RURAL, OAKLEY RURAL DAY CARE CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY, OAKLEY RURAL DAY CENTRE

To provide recreational facilities and a social meeting place for the frail elderly.To aid and improve our clients conditions of life.To provide these services for clients in North Bedfofdshire

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£65k

Latest spending

£68k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a deficit of £3,026 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a 30% reduction in grant income and increased staff costs. Despite this, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £101,637, which significantly exceed its stated reserves policy target of £107,148 (calculated as 24 months of operating needs plus £20,000 for contingencies) is actually below the target of £107,148? No, £101,637 is below £107,148. Wait, let me re-read reserves. Policy target: £107,148. Actual Unrestricted: £101,637. So reserves are below policy. The charity is solvent with positive net assets of £107,646.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (21/06/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrea Bryanschair · trustee of 1 other charity
MRS C ORD
MRS PAT OLNEY · trustee of 1 other charity
Tracey Williams

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bedford

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£65k	£68k
31/03/2024	£74k	£61k
31/03/2023	£51k	£55k
31/03/2022	£52k	£51k
31/03/2021	£43k	£48k

Common questions

Is OAKLEY RURAL DAY CARE CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a deficit of £3,026 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a 30% reduction in grant income and increased staff costs. Despite this, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £101,637, which significantly exceed its stated reserves policy target of £107,148 (calculated as 24 months of operating needs plus £20,000 for contingencies) is actually below the target of £107,148? No, £101,637 is below £107,148. Wait, let me re-read reserves. Policy target: £107,148. Actual Unrestricted: £101,637. So reserves are below policy. The charity is solvent with positive net assets of £107,646. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OAKLEY RURAL DAY CARE CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OAKLEY RURAL DAY CARE CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION, BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION, THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	FY2026	£15k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	FY2024	£6k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£1k	Monthly activities for the members of this day centre for older people.
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£100

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	13/07/2020	£5k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation	21/05/2020	£2k	Grant to Oakley Rural Day Care Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/09/2006	£2k	Activity Sessions and Outings for the elderly
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/07/2005	£3k	Day trips